Amazement Square

On Friday Noel and I headed to Lynchburg to spend the day with April. We went to Amazement Square, which is a children's museum. And let me tell you...it completely surpassed expectation. The entire core of the building (which is comprised of 5 floors), is a maze of tunnels, slides, and ladders. There was also an entire room made of net, which had a zipline set up for the older kids.

They had a "Paint Box", which is a glass room that the children can paint wherever they want on the walls. They had a music exhibit, native american exhibit, a replica of the James River, and the city of Lynchburg. The river had dams that you could control, to see how the water flow affected the rest of the river, and the city. You could even make it rain on the city, to see how the rainfall affected the river.

The only complaint I have about the entire experience, is that because Noel is 2, I had to follow her into every tunnel and slide, so that I would not lose her. And there was one slide that turns into a NETTED tunnel half way down. Excellent!

It had more than I could really explain or rave on about, but I'll just say this...if you have a child and are within driving distance, I HIGHLY recommend a visit. We spent 5 hours there and Noel really didn't want to leave. We left just as they closed their doors!

The Paint Box

The dreaded netted tunnel/slide. Yikes.

One of Noel's favorite Exhibits. She actually tried climbing into it!

Superb, April. Thanks. ;-)

Weee!

The Kaleidoscope

Haha! Got you back ;-)

Golf Ball Ramps

Light up steps!!

Not sure what I'd call these, but they were really cool to play with.

Picking Corn

Milkin the Cow

We also spent time at April and Josh's house, which might have been Noel's favorite part actually, because they have two cats, and are dog sitting for her parents, so Noel was in heaven. Too bad the kitties didn't like her too much :-\ I came home with a renewed appreciation for our cat, who takes an enormous amount of abuse on a daily basis, and has only scratched her once.